Research Themes +
Energy Technologies Area (ETA) researchers are continually building on the strong scientific foundation we have developed over the past 50 years. We address the world’s most pressing climate challenges by bringing to market energy-efficient innovations across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of developing better batteries for electric vehicles; improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-interactive, efficient buildings; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide for renewable technologies like wind and solar.
Strategic Initiatives +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) Strategic Plan is the guiding force for our research and development for the next ten years. It clearly charts a path toward clean-energy solutions and focuses on five detailed Strategic Initiatives. The Plan provides an in-depth look at how ETA is accelerating research to provide affordable, clean energy to all while accomplishing deep, economy-wide decarbonization, looking to avoid a rise in global average temperature while simultaneously developing solutions to increase humanity's resilience to extreme weather volatility.
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About Us +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) is unique in translating fundamental scientific discoveries into scalable technology adoption. Our approach combines an understanding of the marketplace and the role of state and federal regulation and policies. ETA's research drives real-world, practical results that affect and improve the everyday lives of Americans and those across the globe. Saving energy and battling the Climate Crisis are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

Publications

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2014

Fernandes, Luis L, Eleanor S Lee, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, and Andrew McNeil."Monitored lighting energy savings from dimmable lighting controls in The New York Times Headquarters Building."Energy and Buildings 68.A (2014) 498-514. DOI

2013

Lee, Eleanor S, Luis L Fernandes, Howdy Goudey, Jacob C Jonsson, Dragan C Curcija, Xiufeng Pang, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, and Sabine Hoffmann."A Pilot Demonstration of Electrochromic and Thermochromic Windows in the Denver Federal Center, Building 41, Denver, Colorado." (2013).

2011

Wen, Yao-Jung, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Francis M Rubinstein, and Antonio Ruzzelli."Co-simulation based building controls implementation with networked sensors and actuators."Third ACM Workshop on Embedded Sensing Systems for Energy-Efficiency in Buildings Proceedings of BuildSys 2011 (2011) 55. DOI

2009

Lee, Eleanor S, Stephen E Selkowitz, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Joseph H Klems, Robert D Clear, Kyle S Konis, Robert J Hitchcock, Mehry Yazdanian, Robin Mitchell, and Maria Konstantoglou."High Performance Building Facade Solutions: PIER Final Project Report." (2009).

Lee, Eleanor S, Stephen E Selkowitz, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Joseph H Klems, Robert D Clear, Kyle S Konis, Maria Konstantoglou, and Mark Perepelitza."Innovative Façade Systems for Low-energy Commercial Buildings." (2009).

Lee, Eleanor S, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Joseph H Klems, Robert D Clear, Kyle S Konis, Mehry Yazdanian, and Byoung-Chul Park."Field Measurements of Innovative Indoor Shading Systems in a Full-Scale Office Testbed."ASHRAE Transactions 115.2 (2009) 706-728.

2006

Lee, Eleanor S, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Joseph H Klems, Mehry Yazdanian, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Monitored Energy Performance of Electrochromic Windows Controlled for Daylight and Visual Comfort."2006 ASHRAE Annual Meeting 112 Issue 2 (2006).

Lee, Eleanor S, Stephen E Selkowitz, Robert D Clear, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Joseph H Klems, Luis L Fernandes, Gregory J Ward, Vorapat Inkarojrit, and Mehry Yazdanian."Advancement of Electrochromic Windows." (2006).

Lee, Eleanor S, Stephen E Selkowitz, Robert D Clear, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Joseph H Klems, Luis L Fernandes, Gregory J Ward, Vorapat Inkarojrit, and Mehry Yazdanian."A Design Guide for Early-Market Electrochromic Windows." (2006).

2005

Lee, Eleanor S, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Daylighting control performance of a thin-film ceramic electrochromic window: Field study results."Energy and Buildings 38 (2005) 30-44.

2004

Federspiel, Clifford C, William J Fisk, Phillip N Price, Gao Liu, David Faulkner, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Douglas P Sullivan, and Maureen Lahiff."Worker Performance and Ventilation in a Call Center: Analyses of Work Performance Data for Registered Nurses."Indoor Air 14.Supplement s8 (2004) 41-50. DOI

Lee, Eleanor S, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Francis M Rubinstein, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Low-Cost Networking for Dynamic Window Systems."Energy and Buildings 36 (2004) 503-513.

2003

Hodgson, Alfred T, David Faulkner, Douglas P Sullivan, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Marion L Russell, and William J Fisk."Effect of Outside Air Ventilation Rate on Volatile Organic Compound Concentrations in a Call Center."Atmospheric Environment 37.39-40 (2003) 5517-5528. DOI

Apte, Michael G, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Toshifumi Hotchi, Alfred T Hodgson, Seung-Min Lee, Shawna M Liff, Leo I Rainer, Derek G Shendell, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."Simultaneous Energy Savings and IEQ Improvements in Relocatable Classrooms." (2003) 13. DOI

Apte, Michael G, Alfred T Hodgson, Derek G Shendell, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Toshifumi Hotchi, Seung-Min Lee, Shawna M Liff, Leo I Rainer, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."Simultaneous Improvements in Relocatable Classrooms."ASHRAE IAQ Applications (2003) 7-10.

Fisk, William J, Phillip N Price, David Faulkner, Douglas P Sullivan, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Clifford C Federspiel, Gao Liu, and Maureen Lahiff."Worker productivity and ventilation rate in a call center: Analyses of time-series data for a group of registered nurses." (2003).

2002

Lee, Eleanor S, and Dennis L DiBartolomeo."Application issues for large-area electrochromic windows in commercial buildings."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 71.4 (2002) 465–491. DOI

Apte, Michael G, Alfred T Hodgson, Derek G Shendell, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Toshifumi Hotchi, Satish Kumar, Seung-Min Lee, Shawna M Liff, Leo I Rainer, Richard C Schmidt, Douglas P Sullivan, Richard C Diamond, and William J Fisk."Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality in Relocatable Classrooms."Indoor Air 2002, 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate II (2002) 62-69.

Shendell, Derek G, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, William J Fisk, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Seung-Min Lee, Douglas P Sullivan, Michael G Apte, and Leo I Rainer."Final methodology for a field study of indoor environmental quality and energy efficiency in new relocatable classrooms in Northern California." (2002).

Federspiel, Clifford C, Gao Liu, Maureen Lahiff, David Faulkner, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, William J Fisk, Phillip N Price, and Douglas P Sullivan."Worker Performance and Ventilation: Analyses of Individual Data for Call-Center Workers."Indoor Air 2002, June 30 - July 5, 2002 1 (2002) 796-801.

Fisk, William J, Phillip N Price, David Faulkner, Douglas P Sullivan, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Clifford C Federspiel, De-Ling Liu, and Maureen Lahiff."Worker Performance and Ventilation: Analyses of Time-Series Data for a Group of Call-Center Workers."Indoor Air 2002, June 30 - July 5, 2002 1 (2002) 790-795.

Fisk, William J, Phillip N Price, David Faulkner, Douglas P Sullivan, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Clifford C Federspiel, Gang Liu, and Maureen Lahiff."Worker Productivity and Ventilation Rate in a Call Center: Analyses of Time-Series Data for a Group of Workers."Indoor Air 2002, June 30 - July 5, 2002 (2002) 790-795.

2001

Shendell, Derek G, Michael G Apte, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, William J Fisk, Alfred T Hodgson, Satish Kumar, Douglas P Sullivan, and Leo I Rainer."Linking Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environmental Quality to Provide Thermal Comfort and Reduce Children's Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds: Demonstration Project in New Relocatable Classrooms at Northern California Public Schools."11th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, November 4-8, 2001 (2001) 148.

2000

Lee, Eleanor S, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Electrochromic Windows for Commercial Buildings: Monitored Results from a Full-Scale Testbed."ACEEE 2000 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Efficiency and Sustainability, August 20-25, 2000 (2000).

Jennings, Judy D, Francis M Rubinstein, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, and Steven L Blanc."Comparison of Control Options in Private Offices in an Advanced Lighting Controls Testbed."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society (2000).